[ubuntu-x] plans for Lucid?

[Timo Aaltonen]

 	Hi

   There haven't been any published plans for the X stack in Lucid, so 
here's what I think of it.

xserver:

  Debian Squeeze will freeze in March, and having xserver 1.8 there is 
possible, if someone will work on it. Currently they are understaffed (who 
isn't :), which is why 1.7 has not seen much work lately. Having the same 
stack in both Squeeze and Lucid should help in getting more widespread 
testing, and share the devel effort.

  The new release process of the xserver states that the feature freeze 
starts on 2009-12-31. That should also mean ABI stability, which means 
that proprietary drivers could (should) start supporting the beta. Having 
the stack ready for upload by then should be enough for Lucid? And 
tracking upstream until release (late March) or at least the end of the 
bugfix period (late February). Getting a freeze exception like GNOME would 
be nice of course..

  Noone knows yet how the new release process works out, but not allowing 
direct commits to master without a review _should_ increase the quality, 
and make our lives a lot easier.. (regarding regressions)

mesa:

7.7 should be out by the end of year, so that should be an easy choice. 
Might also make r6/7xx DRI work properly.

libs:

whatever are needed for xserver 1.8.

drivers:

- intel 2010Q1 release (might need mesa 7.8 and perhaps kernel 2.6.33?) - 
- xf86-input-wacom 1.x (new clean release with support for properties etc)
- rest according to what the xserver might need (evdev..)

kernel:

generally, we want the latest and the greatest.. AIUI it's not yet decided 
if it's going to be 2.6.32 or .33.


What do you think? What did I miss?



-- 
Timo Aaltonen
Systems Specialist
IT Services, Helsinki University of Technology